DUCKWORTH, Bruce Allan
| Service Number: | 409394 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1941, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head |
| Born: | Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 25 March 1922 |
| Home Town: | Glen Iris, Boroondara & Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Caulfield Technical School, Ararat High School |
| Occupation: | Radio Mechanic's Assistant |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 7 March 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row D Grave 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 409394 | |
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| 15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409394, No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head, Melbourne, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Allen H. Duckworth and Ruby Duckworth, of Ararat, Victoria.
SYDNEY. - Five R.A.A.F. airmen were killed when an aircraft crashed during training exercises at an R.A.A.F. station in northern N.S.W. They were: F/O Billie Strike McClelland, pilot, Croydon, N.S.W; F. Sgt. Bruce Allan Duckworth, wireless air gunner, Ararat, Victoria; L.A.C. Robert Thomas Robertson, trainee navigator; Enfield, N.S.W.; LA.C. Neville Thomas Self, trainee navigator, Paddington and L.A.C. Patrick John Scanlon, trainee navigator, Brisbane.
Mr and Mrs A. H. Duckworth, of Ararat, have received word that their eldest son, Flt-Sgt Bruce Allan Duckworth, RAAF, died as the result of an aircraft accident at a NSW training station on March 7. He would have celebrated his 22nd birthday this month. He was a wireless air-gunner, and after active service in the New Guinea area, he had been stationed as an instructor, at a NSW air training school.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Avro Anson AW485 from Number 1 Air Observers School crashed near Maclean in NSW killing Flying Officer Strike-McClelland 412748 / Flight Sergeant Duckworth 409394 / LAC Robertson 439616 / LAC Scanlan 435197 / LAC Self 433627
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